Anathema The Optimist
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JohnnyoftheWell
July 20th 2017


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Heyhey ;] How're you hanging, Plebman?

Egarran
July 20th 2017


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Album Rating: 3.5

"Endless Ways is the best"

Much agree. The others are a bit meh next to that.

Ocean of Noise
July 20th 2017


11368 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Close Your Eyes is the best track here tbh

Dewinged
Emeritus
July 20th 2017


33069 Comments


Endless Ways awakens my inner woman.

Gmork89
July 20th 2017


8893 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

I haven't given this too much of a chance I'll admit, but I'm getting a little tired of everything they do having to build to some crescendo.

teamster
July 20th 2017


6463 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Trick of the liiiight...Start from the niiiight...Tired and confuuuused....Saw you, saw youuuu...



Easily my favorite track on the album.



JohnnyoftheWell
July 22nd 2017


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Huh I dug this a lot more than I expected. Solid disc.

Ocean of Noise
July 22nd 2017


11368 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Yeah it's really good. Love this. It'll probably keep growing on me.

JohnnyoftheWell
July 22nd 2017


64287 Comments


It's a nice mix of their 2010s crescendocore with some of the older doomy vibes, so I can see it going a long way for me.

Now Anathema are even harder to rank :/

Ocean of Noise
July 22nd 2017


11368 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

hahaha ikr? one of the most consistent discographies ever.

JohnnyoftheWell
July 22nd 2017


64287 Comments


It says a lot about them that Alternative 4 is probably my least fave post-doom album

OmairSh
July 22nd 2017


17931 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

Disappointed with this. I want the Anathema that changed their sound on every album, back

JohnnyoftheWell
July 22nd 2017


64287 Comments


This is slightly different to their other stuff though - it's like a darker version of Distant Satellites, with less cheesy epicness

Ocean of Noise
July 22nd 2017


11368 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

This is totally different from previous albums dude. Difference between this and WHBWH is night and day (literally)

OmairSh
July 22nd 2017


17931 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

DS feels darker than this. This is basically an album of simple melodies that build to a crescendo. That's been the formula for a while now. There isn't enough variety at all, and it's much too piano heavy. You have a keyboard player, incorporate some cool keyboard tones here and there. Something different at least.



It's just too simplistic, and doesn't do justice to the talent these guys have.

JohnnyoftheWell
July 22nd 2017


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I think their talent lies in making the most out of simple structures and melodies on this one; it's stripped back compared to their last three (or four, I guess), and they work it to their credit imo

OmairSh
July 22nd 2017


17931 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

I wish I could agree with ya johnny.



It's got good moments for sure, but it doesn't do enough for me at the end of the day unfortunately

JohnnyoftheWell
July 22nd 2017


64287 Comments


Kinda how I feel about Weather Systems ;]
Tbh I've phased out of Anathema over the years, so it's nice to have an excuse to come back to them

Ocean of Noise
July 22nd 2017


11368 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

I like Weather Systems better than this but both are great listens. And honestly, I feel like this has higher highs. None of the tracks on Weather Systems amaze me as much as, say, Close Your Eyes.

OmairSh
July 22nd 2017


17931 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

The beginning and the end dude



Come on



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